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An exegetical classic by a well respected scholar. Long out of print, it deserves the same attention as Westcott's work in Johannine literature.

In 1857 Margaret Penny set off from Aberdeen, Scotland, with her husband, Captain William Penny, aboard the whaler Lady Franklin on a wintering voyage to what is now the eastern Canadian Arctic. Wives of British captains rarely sailed with their husbands and Margaret Penny was one of the few women to break with tradition, becoming the first European woman to winter at Baffin Island. Incorporating the journal she kept during the expedition with...

Schools of Sympathy is a feminist exploration of gender and identification in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Henry James's Portrait of a Lady, and Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. In each of these novels the heroine is portrayed as a victim. Nancy Roberts examines how the reader's sympathy for the heroines is constructed, the motivations and desires involved in an identification with victimizat...

Das Schweizer Trio auf dem Weg nach oben. Im Auftrag der amerikanischen Raumfahrt­Behörde NASA sollen die Geschwister Pfister sich und ihre Arbeit in den Dienst eines wissenschaftlichen Forschungsprojektes stellen. Die Geschwister Pfister sind unter einer Vielfalt menschlichen Materials ausgewählt worden, den Kontakt zu extraterrestrischen Intelligenzen herzustellen .... "Die Geschwister Pfister klauen und kalauern, zitieren und plagiieren. Al...

After their liberation in April 1945, the inmates of Buchenwald told their stories to a special team of U.S. Army intelligence officers. One of the most important and unique documents of the Holocaust, this priceless eyewitness account was nearly lost forever and appears here in published form and in English for the first time.

Robin Haines has analysed the origins, occupations, literacy, and mobilization of emigrants recruited in the UK on behalf of colonial legislatures. Her exploration of strict selection procedures shows that the symbiosis between the clergy, empire-minded philanthropic societies, and parishes, which combined to fund the emigrants' considerable pre-departure expenses, increased the opportunities for underemployed rural and domestic workers during...

From the reviews: "... In sum, the volume under review is the first quarter of an important work that surveys an active branch of modern mathematics. Some of the individual articles are reminiscent in style of the early volumes of the first Ergebnisse series and will probably prove to be equally useful as a reference, ...for the appropriate reader, they will be valuable sources of information about modern complex analysis." Bulletin of the Am....

In this concise, yet sweeping look at the origins and development of ancient New World civilizations, Richard Adams provides a superb introductory overview of these unique and fascinating cultures. In

Madagassisch ist mit rund 12 Millionen Sprechern Haupt- und Nationalsprache auf Madagaskar.Dieses bislang einzige Madagassischlehrbuch im deutschsprachigen Raum ist für Anfänger ohne Vorkenntnisse konzipiert. In 22 einheitlich aufgebauten Lektionen werden die wichtigsten Regeln und der Grundwortschatz dargeboten. Die Lesetexte behandeln meist ein Alltagsthema, gelegentlich ergänzt durch landeskundliche Informationen. Zahlreiche Übungen bieten ...

Stichworte wie Sommersmogverordnung, Ozonloch, Treibhauseffekt und Altlastenmanagement kennzeichnen die Umweltdiskussion der vergangenen Jahre. In den betreffenden Diskussionen offenbart sich jedoch häufig die Unkenntnis grundlegender Zusammenhänge. Die Umweltchemie ist eine relativ neue, interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft. Ihre Aufgabe besteht darin, Umweltdaten unter chemischen Gesichtspunkten zu ordnen und zu interpretieren. Dieses Buch deckt d...

Focussing on the shortage in supply of science-trained students, this book addresses the question of how best to plan investment in science at secondary level in developing countries using insights from the studies conducted under a five-year research programme carried out by the International Institute for Educational Planning.

From the reviews: "... The author succeeded in an excellent way to describe the various points of view under which Class Field Theory can be seen. ... In any case the author succeeded to write a very readable book on these difficult themes." Monatshefte fuer Mathematik, 1994 "... Number theory is not easy and quite technical at several places, as the author is able to show in his technically good exposition. The amount of difficult material we...

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsübersicht der Bände I-IV -- Inhalt -- 1. Elektrostatik -- 2. Elektrischer Strom und Magnetismus. Teil 1 -- 2. Elektrischer Strom und Magnetismus. Teil 2 -- 3. MaxwelIsche Gleichungen und elektromagnetische Wellen -- 4. Relativistische Physik -- Anhang A 1 (zu Kap. 1) -- Anhang A 2 (zu Kap. 2) -- Anhang A 3 (zu Kap. 3) -- Anhang A 4 (zu Kap. 4) -- Quellennachweis für Abbildungen -- Häufig benutzte Symbole -- Häu...

Ziele ist eine unverziehtbare For­ derung filr viele komplexe Design-Probleme. LEDA unterstiitzt primae die Phase der Wissensbasiserweiterung und tragt dariiber hinaus zu den Phasen Wissensbasiseinsatz und -initialisierung bei.

Das Buch gibt einen kompakten, aber umfassenden Überblick über das Problemlösen und Programmieren mit "Constraints" (Randbedingungen). Diese aktuelle Programmiermethodik ermöglicht es, Aufgaben direkt zu formulieren und effizient zu lösen. Sie gewinnt zusehends Bedeutung in Anwendungsbereichen wie Kombinatorische Suchprobleme (z.B. Zeitplanen, Layout-Optimierung), Berechnungen (Finanzanalyse), Simulation (Hardware-Verifikation) oder allgemein ...

This useful book gives unique coverage of the statistical skills and techniques required in modern chemical experimentation and will prove invaluable to students and researchers.

Carla Rachman's clear and engaging account offers an accessible introduction to Claude Monet's life and art, analysing the works themselves and also the social basis for the shifts in taste and the changing political and economic forces within Monet's lifetime. The artist's personal life and his relations with dealers, patrons, critics and institutions are seen as formative influences on his work. The book traces critical reaction to Monet's w...

A legend within his own lifetime, Michelangelo (1457-1564) has been universally admired in the centuries since his death. Anthony Hughes employs the latest evidence from research and restoration projects to take a fresh look at what Michelangelo was and what he has become. The book sets the artist firmly within the political and social world he inhabited, offering a full account of his creative endeavours in sculpture, drawing, painting, archi...

Modern Christians often attribute pain and suffering to some mysterious "good" purposes of God. Gregory Body challenges this, instead declaring that biblical writes did not try to intellectually understand evil but rather grappled to overcome it.